# 3.4. Menu Bar

The menubar is at the top of the konsole window. It can be hidden and restored by toggling "Show Menubar" in the "Options" menu. When the menubar is hidden, "Show Menubar" can be reached by right-clicking in the window.

## 3.4.1. The File menu

File->Linux Console

  Opens a new session emulating a text-only Linux system.

  (See the file `README.linux.console` for detailed information on how the Linux console differs from a typical Unix shell.)

File->Midnight Commander

  Opens a new session with the Midnight Commander graphical file browser

File->Shell

  Opens a new session with a terminal shell

File->Root Console

  Opens a new session with a terminal shell, as the root user.

  After being prompted for the root password, the `#` prompt appears, indicating that the user is working with root privileges. This is frequently necessary for installing new software and other system maintenance, but care should be taken to avoid accidental damage.

File->Quit

  Quits Konsole, closing all sessions and any applications launched from them.

## 3.4.2. The SessionsMenu

Sessions->Send Signal

  Send Signal - Sends the specified signal to the shell process, or other process, that was launched when the new session was started.

  Currently available signals are:

  Stop | - | to stop process
  Cont | - | continue if stopped
  HUP | - | hangup detected on controlling terminal, or death of controlling process
  Int | - | interrupt from keyboard
  Term | - | termination signal
  Kill | - | kill signal

  Refer to your system manual pages for further details by giving the command man 7 signal

Sessions->Rename Session

  Changes the name of the active session

Options->Session icons...

  At the bottom of the menu is a list of the available sessions. Selecting one makes that session active.

## 3.4.3. The Options menu

Options->Show Menubar

  Shows or hides the menubar

Options->Show toolbar

  Shows or hides the toolbar

Options->Show Frame

  Shows or hides frame at side of window

Options->Scrollbar

  Controls location of scrollbar: none, left, or right

Options->Fullscreen

  Toggles window between full-screen and normal size

Option->Size

  Sets size of text area (given in columns x rows)

Options->Fonts

  Sets font size

Options->Schema

  Sets colors of text and background

Options->History

  Toggles saving of lines that have scrolled off the top of the window

Options->Codec

  Not implemented yet

Options->Keyboard

  Chooses desired keymapping

Options->Save Options

  Save the current settings as the new defaults

## 3.4.4. The Help menu

Help->Contents

  Opens the table of contents of this document

Help->Technical Reference

  Detailed information on terminal emulation and Konsole

Help->Report Bug

  submit a bug report or a feature request for Konsole

Help->About Konsole

  Information about Konsole's author

Help->About KDE

  Information about the KDE project